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Materials, Volume 12, Issue 19

October-1 2019 - 225 articles

Cover Story: Soft robotics is an emerging field in material science and robotic engineering facilitating curvilinear motions without complex mechanical joints in comparison with conventional robots. For small-scale and light-weight untethered robots, programmable anisotropic materials are adopted with stimuli-responsive properties. This review article focuses on the recent progress in the manipulation of untethered soft robots under external stimuli such as magnetic fields, light, humidity, and organic solvents. In addition, we suggest future research from an interdisciplinary perspective to overcome the remaining challenges. View this paper.
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Articles (225)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,754 Views
13 Pages

P2O5-Free Cerium Containing Glasses: Bioactivity and Cytocompatibility Evaluation

  • Gigliola Lusvardi,
  • Francesca Sgarbi Stabellini and
  • Roberta Salvatori

8 October 2019

(1) Background: valuation of the bioactivity and cytocompatibility of P2O5-free and CeO2 doped glasses. (2) Methods: all glasses are based on the Kokubo (K) composition and prepared by a melting method. Doped glassed, K1.2, K3.6 and K5.3 contain 1.2,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,411 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Contact Stress on Surface Microstructure and Wear Property of D2/U71Mn Wheel-Rail Material

  • Chun-Peng Liu,
  • Xiu-Juan Zhao,
  • Peng-Tao Liu,
  • Jin-Zhi Pan and
  • Rui-Ming Ren

8 October 2019

To investigate the relationship between surface microstructure and wear mechanism in D2/U71Mn wheel-rail material under different contact stress conditions, rolling wear tests using a GPM-40 wear machine to simulate the wheel-rail operation was perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,927 Views
12 Pages

A Study of the Structural Characteristics of Titanium Alloy Products Manufactured Using Additive Technologies by Combining the Selective Laser Melting and Direct Metal Deposition Methods

  • Marina Samodurova,
  • Ivan Logachev,
  • Nataliya Shaburova,
  • Olga Samoilova,
  • Liudmila Radionova,
  • Ramil’ Zakirov,
  • Kirill Pashkeev,
  • Vyacheslav Myasoedov and
  • Evgeny Trofimov

8 October 2019

Titanium alloy product manufacturing is traditionally considered to be a rather difficult task. Additive manufacturing technologies, which have recently become quite widespread, can ensure the manufacture of titanium alloys products of an arbitrary g...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,688 Views
14 Pages

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of a Novel Al-Ion and a Li-Ion Battery for Stationary Applications

  • Mario Amin Salgado Delgado,
  • Lorenzo Usai,
  • Linda Ager-Wick Ellingsen,
  • Qiaoyan Pan and
  • Anders Hammer Strømman

8 October 2019

The foreseen high penetration of fluctuant renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, will cause an increased need for batteries to store the energy produced and not instantaneously consumed. Due to the high production cost and significant env...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,688 Views
18 Pages

Sorption of Heavy Metal Cations on Mesoporous ZSM-5 and Mordenite Zeolites

  • Kamila M. Wojciechowska,
  • Magdalena Król,
  • Tomasz Bajda and
  • Włodzimierz Mozgawa

8 October 2019

Desilication and dealumination techniques were used to obtain mesoporous ZSM-5 and mordenite zeolites. The study provides insight into specific structural, textural, and sorption properties of obtained materials with different Si/Al ratios. Subsequen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,604 Views
10 Pages

Optimization of the SiC Powder Source Material for Improved Process Conditions During PVT Growth of SiC Boules

  • Oda Marie Ellefsen,
  • Matthias Arzig,
  • Johannes Steiner,
  • Peter Wellmann and
  • Pål Runde

8 October 2019

We have studied the influence of different SiC powder size distributions and the sublimation behavior during physical vapor transport growth of SiC in a 75 mm and 100 mm crystal processing configuration. The evolution of the source material as well a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,611 Views
21 Pages

8 October 2019

A novel technique combining solid–liquid compound casting (SLCC) with arc spraying was designed to manufacture the arc-sprayed Al/AZ91D bimetals with a Zn interlayer. The Al/Mg bimetal was produced by pouring the AZ91D melt into the molds spray...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
4,634 Views
18 Pages

Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Fe3O4/CdWO4 and Fe3O4/CdWO4/PrVO4 Nanoparticles and Investigation of Their Photocatalytic and Anticancer Properties on PANC1 Cells

  • Mohammad Amin Marsooli,
  • Mahdi Fasihi-Ramandi,
  • Kourosh Adib,
  • Saeid Pourmasoud,
  • Farhad Ahmadi,
  • Mohammad Reza Ganjali,
  • Ali Sobhani Nasab,
  • Mahdi Rahimi Nasrabadi and
  • Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska

8 October 2019

Fe3O4/CdWO4 and Fe3O4/CdWO4/PrVO4 magnetic nanoparticles were prepared at different molar ratios of PrVO4 to previous layers (Fe3O4/CdWO4) via the co-precipitation method assisted by a sonochemical procedure, in order to investigate the photocatalyti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,552 Views
14 Pages

Optical Properties of Red-Emitting Rb2Bi(PO4)(MoO4):Eu3+ Powders and Ceramics with High Quantum Efficiency for White LEDs

  • Julija Grigorjevaite,
  • Egle Ezerskyte,
  • Agne Minderyte,
  • Sandra Stanionyte,
  • Remigijus Juskenas,
  • Simas Sakirzanovas and
  • Arturas Katelnikovas

8 October 2019

There are several key requirements that a very good LED phosphor should meet, i.e., strong absorption, high quantum efficiency, high colour purity, and high luminescence quenching temperature. The reported Rb2Bi(PO4)(MoO4):Eu3+ phosphors have all the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,345 Views
22 Pages

Real-Time Corrosion Monitoring of AISI 1010 Carbon Steel with Metal Surface Mapping in Sulfolane

  • Andrzej Bak,
  • Bozena Losiewicz,
  • Violetta Kozik,
  • Julian Kubisztal,
  • Paulina Dybal,
  • Aleksandra Swietlicka,
  • Krzysztof Barbusinski,
  • Slawomir Kus,
  • Natalia Howaniec and
  • Josef Jampilek

8 October 2019

Solvents are widely used in organic synthesis. Sulfolane is a five-membered heterocyclic organosulfur sulfone (R-SO2-R’, where R/R’ is alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl) and an anthropogenic medium commonly used as industrial extractive solvent in...

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